Last Name SANCTUARYSummary/Contribute |
| Meaning | Local: At the sanctuary, from residence beside a shrine. Several monasteries had an ambit or surrounding space, where criminals might take refuge from immediate or impending danger, as the Sanctuary at Westminster. A person resident in a place so privileged, though no criminal, would readily acuire the name of Thomas or John at the Sanctuary. | |
| Origin | English |
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